NEW YORK CITY-Papers filed last week by the major World Trade Center insurers spell out the problems with a pending appeal by master leaseholder Larry Silverstein. Meanwhile, his attorneys accuse the opposition of disinterest in rebuilding Lower Manhattan.

LAKEWOOD, CO-Bucking its own corporate trend, Arlington, Va.-based Mills Corp. opens a 1.2-million-sf in-fill project along West Colfax Avenue, near West 6th Avenue, rather than building on the edge of cities ahead of development.

SAN FRANCISCO-An insurance brokerage and a mutual fund company, each in a Downtown office building owned by Equity Office Properties Trust, ink renewal leases for 28,000 sf and 16,000 sf, respectively.

LONDON-New laws to speed up property transactions were promised in yesterday's Queen's Speech, which sets out the Government's legislative programme for the coming year. The move has been welcomed by property market commentators.